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Originally Posted by Chaparralman1974

1/4/2023
I got a call from Jerry saying that the wheels were ready to pick up and that he had dug out a motor for me. I went up to meet with him and the wheels are in excellent condition! They are Ford Accurides, but are a very good representation of a steel wheel and I think they will work nicely. Moreover, he found me a spare! They all match and I am very happy with them. He showed me the motor that he pulled and said that they pulled it from a 1965 Chevy truck 5 months ago and that it had been a runner. He gave me a great deal on it for $150. Worse case is that it is a core, but I can’t go wrong for $150. It is a 3970010 block, so 68-79 350. The stamp pad on the block is V0512CDB. We can narrow it down based on the casting number of 3970010 which is a 350 casting and the 350 did not start until '67. Given that, the casting date of E 4 2 says May 4 and I would assume 1972. It could be 1982, but I think it is 1972. I think the C in the VIN number is passenger car (maybe Impala or Caprice). There appears to be an EGR mechanism on it, and GM started using the EGR in model year 1973, which would probably correspond with the date. If it is a May 1972 motor, it could have been for a '73 model year. Of course, that may not be the intake the motor started with either, so hard to tell. My guess is 1972 350 out of a passenger car. The intake is definitely a Quadrajet intake. The engine was painted corporate blue, but it is obvious that the heads were originally Chevy orange. I am not sure yet if I will be just doing a refresh on this motor or if I will do a full rebuild or even an exchange. I would really prefer to have a 327 for the sake of originality, but realistically, the Chevy 350 is the volkswagen of motors with millions of them out there. It really is a better motor, but I am not overly thrilled with going this route. Maybe a big block will be in the future…I just don’t know. At any rate, the 350 will be more than enough motor to get the truck rolling.

CDB in '72 is a Chevelle or Monte Carlo 350 with powerglide.